| Name | CVE-2017-13722 |
| Description | In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1126-1, DSA-3995-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxfont (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:1.5.1-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.0.1-3+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1:2.0.3-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:2.0.4-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1:2.0.6-1 | fixed |
| libxfont1 (PTS) | stretch | 1:1.5.2-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Fixed by: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd
libxfont1 is only used by xfonts-utils, no security impact